Infant&#39;s sleeping garment



Sept. 7 1943. E. E. wu..sc NK INFANTS SLEEPING GARMENT Filed May 15;1941 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR EVELV/Vf. W/LSON BY 5TM ATTORN EYYconstruction and arrangement at the lower Patented Sept. 7, 1943 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE INFANTS SLEEPING GARRIENT EvelynE. Wilson,Brookline, Pa. Application May 13, 1941, Serial No. 393,283

8' Claims. (Cl. 2-114) This invention relates to sleeping garments forinfants adapted for use as a garment per se but preferably in connectionwith a bed sheet or cov.

erlet cooperating therewith. No entirely satis.

y to provide a garment to be worn by infants while sleeping which willafford the utmost degree of protection and comfort to the infant,notwithstanding the natural restlessness of the infant. A further objectof the invention is to provide a sleeping garment for infants which willnot only be eiiicient vfor its intended purpose but which may beinexpensively made. A further object oi' the invention is to provide asleeping garment for infants, and a Coverlet to be used in` connectiontherewith, which are so constructed and arranged that the infant may bereadily and easily clothed with the garment with a minimum of trouble.

The nature and characteristic features of the invention will be morereadily understood from the following description taken in connectionwith Figure 1 is a front elevation of an infants`A4 sleeping garmentembodying the main features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view on a reduced scale oi' the sleeping garmentshown in operative relationship with a cover-let;

Fig. 3 is a detail View, enlarged, illustrating the corner of thegarment and coverlet; Y

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view partly in sec- I tion, illustratingmore fully the cooperative reeach other.

` It will of course be understood that the description and drawingsherein are illustrative vmerely and thatyarious changes and modicationsmay be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spiritof the invention.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 1 of the v prisesaiack panel I2,and front sections I3 connected to the back panel at the shoulders I4 oneach side of the neck opening I5 and at the sides below the arm openingsI6. The front sections I3 may be gathered as at I1 to provide forshaping of the waist portion at the shoulders I4.

The skirt portion I I of the garment is relative- 1y loose for reasonshereinafter referred to and is preferably made substantially tubular andopen at its lower end. The edges of the lower end of the skirt portion II of the garment are preferably reenforced by means of tapes I8, whichtapes may be continued, as at I9, beyond the sides of the garment toprovide extensions vor attaching ties adapted to be used for a purposeand in a manner to lie-presently described. If desired, the ties maybe'detachably secured to the lower edge 4portions of the skirt' sectionIl by employing loops through which the ties I9 are disposed and fromwhich the ties I9 extend.

The skirt portion I-I of the garment is connected to the waist portionIII at the front and at the rear by relatively narrow portions 20 and2|. 'I'he connection between the skirt portion I I and the waist portionIII of the garment is preferably an integral one, although it should beunderstood that, if desired, these parts of the garment may ,bejoined toeach other by separable fasteners of any. preferred type.

The narrow connection between the waist and skirt portions is effectedby providing inwardly extending and oppositely located darts or otherforms of cutout 22. 'I'he boundary edges of the cutouts 22 may beprovided with elastic insertion disposed between .a double row ofstitching 23, serving to draw in the upper part of the skirt portion IIwhich otherwise would' extend to 24 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.1 of the drawings. Likewise the lower front edge 255 of the waistportion I0 at the cutout is similarly provided with elasticinsertion-along the edge of the cutout 22 of the lower parti of thefront sections I3 of the waist portion IIIg. The rear panel I2 along thelower edge provided atthe cutout 22, is preferably left without tlieelastic insertion.

A'vertical slit 30 is provided at the'frontof the waist portion I0 andit preferably extended downwardly a considerable distance into the frontof the skirt portion II. Ihis slit 30 is normally closed by any suitablefastening means but preferably a sliding separable fastener 3l of theTalon or Zipper type is employed for this purpose. If desired the slit30 may be continued downwardly to the bottom of the skirt portion I I.

The coverlet 35 which is adapted to be used in connection with thegarment is shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the drawings, and may be madeof blanket material, or if desired may be made of the same material asthe garment proper. The

vcoverlet preferably consists of a rectangular body portion having anupper edge 3B, side edges 31 and a lower marginal edge portion 38. 'Ihelower marginal edge portion 38 is adapted to be turned or foldedupwardly to a position to lie under the adjacent portion of the mainbody portion and enclose the lower edge of the skirt portion I I.

The body portion of the coverlet 35 is provided, near each side edge3'I, with openings 40, suitably reinforced, and spaced so that theextensions or attaching ties I9 may be inserted therethrough.

The body portion of the coverlet 35 also has apair of tapes 4I toprovide attaching ties secured to the under side thereof, either bydirectly attaching the tapes to the body portion or by passing the tapesthrough loops 42 which are attached to the under side of the bodyportion 35. The body portion 35 is also provided near each edge 31 withopenings 43, suitably reinforced and spaced, and preferably inlongitudinal alinement with the openings 40 and the places of attachmentof the tapes 4I, so that upon folding of the marginal edge portion 38the tapes 4I may be inserted through the openings 43.

The body portion of the coverlet 35 also is preferably provided on theupper face with upper tie tapes 44. The upper tie tapes 44 arepreferably disposed at the upper edge 36 and spaced v inwardly from theside edges 31 of the body portion 35 and are secured to the body portion35 either by direct attachment thereto or by passing the tapes throughloops 45 which are attached to the upper face of the body portion 35.

'I'he spacing of the places of attachment of the tapes 4I and 44, and ofthe openings 40 and 43, inwardly from the side edges of the body portionof the coverlet 35, provides side marginal portions 46 for purposeshereinafter explained.

'I'he manner` of use of the garment of the present invention will now beexplained although it will be understood that adherence to the sequencehereinafter set forth is not essential.

i 'Ihe front portion of the garment is opened by manipulation of thesliding fastener 3l and the child is placed in position with respect tothe neck opening `I-5 and with its arms extending through the armopenings I6. The front of the garment is then closed by manipulation ofthe fastener 3I.

'I'he garment may if desired be used in this condition by securing theattaching ties I9 to the lower portion of the childs crib at each sidethereof. 'I'he upward movement of the child will then be restrained bycontact with the shoulder portions I4 of the-waist portion I0 of thegarment but nevertheless great freedom of movement of the child will bepermitted. The arms of the child will not be restrained, the legs may bereadily moved by reason of the fullness provided in the skirt portion II, and the skirt portion II will also permit the child to turn duringsleeping on either side or to sleep on its abdomen.

It is preferable, however, to use the coverlet 35 with the garmentproper. For this purpose the 10j to the childs crib so that the garmentproper and the coverlet 35 are firmly anchored at the lower portionsthereof.

The upper sets of attaching ties 44 on each side may then be secured tothe childs crib so that the coverlet is held in position at the upperedge thereof. The side marginal edge portions 48 may then be disposed asdesired, such as by tucking under the other covers on the crib. Themovements of the child, for sleeping in various positions as heretoforepointed'outfwill still be relatively free, but the permitted movementsof the child will not allow orl cause it to become uncovered.

Additional covers may be disposed above or below the coverlet, asdesired, and in accordance with the weather conditions.

I claim:

1. An infants sleeping garment comprising connected waist and skirtsections, connecting members carried by the lower portion of said skirtsection, and a removable coverlet section for covering said skirtsection, said coverlet section having a lower marginal edge portionadapted to be folded with respect to the lower portion oi the coverletsection for enclosing the lower edge of said skirt section, saidcoverlet section having portions for receiving said connecting membersof said skirt section and for holding the lower portions of saidcoverlet section and said skirt section in engagement, and attachingties at the lower portion of said coverlet section for holding the lowerportion of said coverlet section in position.

2. An infants sleeping garment comprising connected waist and skirtsections, connecting members carried by the lower portion of said skirtsection, and a removable coverlet section extending upwardly at least asfar as said waist section, attaching ties carried by the upper portionof said coverlet section for holding said portion in position withrespect to said skirt section, said coverlet section having a lowermarginal edge portion adapted to be folded with respect to the lowerportion of the coverlet section for enclosing the lower edge of saidskirt section, said'coverlet section having portions for receiving saidconnecting members of said skirt section, whereby said coverlet isretained in enclosing relationship with respect to the lower edge of theskirt section, and attaching ties at the lower portion of said coverletsection for holding the lower portion of said coverlet section inposition.

3. An infants sleeping garment comprising connected waist and skirtsections, connecting members carried `by` the lower portion of saidskirt section, and a; removable coverlet section extending upwardly tosaid waist section, attaching ties. for holding the upper portion ofsaid coverlet section in position, said coverlet section having a lowermarginal edge portion adapted to be folded with respect to the lowerportion of the coverlet section for enclosing the lower edge of saidskirt section, 'said coverlet section having openings through which saidskirt section connecting members are extended, and said lower ties areextended. 4. An infants sleeping garment comprising an j upper waist.section having neck and arm openings and having a back panel portion anda iront panel portion, said panel portions being connected across theshoulders and below the arm openings, and a lower generally tubularvskirt section, said sections being separated by slits bounded by lowerterminal edges of the waist section and upper terminal edges oi theskirt section and being connected at the front and rear by centrallydisposed portions, and members disposed along said upper terminal edgesof the skirt section and along lower terminal edge portions oithe waistsection for contracting said edge portions.

5. An infant's sleeping garment comprising an upper waist section havingneck and arm openings and having a back panel portion and a iront panelportion, said panel portions being connected ing towardsv the lowerextremity oi the skirt secyofthe coverlet section through which saidlatter 'lowerV portion of said skirt section, said coverlet sectionhaving openings through which said tie across the shoulders and belowthe arm openings,

and a lower generally tubular skirt section connected to the waistsection at the front and rear and separated at the sides by slitsbounded by extensible lower terminal edges of the waist section andextensible upper terminal edges of the skirt section, the upper terminaledge of the skirt section beingfwider than the lower terminal edge ofthe waist section and members disposed along the upper terminal edges ofthe skirt section and along the lower front terminal edge o! the waistsection for contracting said edge portions.

6. An infants sleeping garment comprising an upper waist section havingneck and arm openings and having a back panel portion and a front panelportion, said panel portions being connected across the shoulders andbelow the arm openings, and a lower generally tubular skirt section,said sections being separated by side slits bounded by extensible lowerterminal edges of the waist section and upper terminal edges of theskirt section and being connected at the front and rear by centrallydisposed portions, members disposed along the upper terminal edges ofthe skirt section and along the lower front terminal edge of the waistsection for contracting said edge portions, a longitudinal slit in oneof said centrally disposed portions extending from the neck opention,and 'closure means for said slit.

7. An infants sleeping garment comprising 'an upper waist section and alower skirt section,

connecting `portions extending between said sections to` permit freeturning movement of the waistsectionwith respect to the lower portion ofthe. skiijtsection, and a removable coverlet section extending upwardlyto said waist section,

attaching membersfor holding the upper portion of said coverlet sectionin relatively iiat position independent' of the movement of the waistsccA tion, the lower ends of said coverlet section and said skirtsection having portions for folded engagement for closing the lower edgeof said skirt section, attaching tie members connected to the membersare extended, and one of said sections having-additional attaching tiessecured thereto and V extending through openings in the other" sectionfor securing the, lower portion of said g coverlet section in position.

8. An infants sleeping garment comprising an upper waist section and askirt section. connecting portions between said sections to permit treeturning movement of the waist section with re spect to the lower portionof the skirt section, and a removable coverlet section extendingupwardly and overlapping said waist section, attaching ties secured tothe upper portion of said coverlet section for securing the upperportion of said coverlet section in relativelyflat position independentl, of the movement of the waist section, said cover-v secured theretoand openings in the lower portion of the coverlet section disposed abovesaid ilrst mentioned openings through which said latter attaching tiesare extended for securing the lower portions of said coverlet section inrelatively at i position.

EVELYN n, WILSON.

